grantor
Americannoun
noun
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“As the name suggests, a revocable living trust can be altered or revoked by the grantor at any time during their lifetime if their circumstances change, so long as they’re mentally competent.”
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If your friend sets up a revocable trust, she can be both grantor and trustee during her lifetime, and have the freedom to change the terms.
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Many dynasty trusts are set up to be “intentionally defective grantor trusts.”
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Spot Ethereum ETFs will directly hold Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, allowing investors to own a share of the cryptocurrency through grantor trusts.
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The basic action is that a grantor will give up actual or prospective interest; whether that interest is transferred onto a grantee is up to the parties involved.
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